Time to take a look at a bit of a less fanservicy romantic comedy than some of the one’s I’ve covered in the past.
You can find where Our Dating Story is available for streaming on JustWatch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/our-dating-story-the-experienced-you-and-the-inexperienced-me
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The Spring 2026 season had one of those weird, likely unintentional synergies. Much as when, a few years ago, we had the first season of MF Ghost and Overtake airing at the same time, that season had the start of Drops of God alongside a yuri romance anime that was also about booze called Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk. For the sake of manageability, I’m just going to refer to the anime by the character’s first name, and the character by her first name.
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Blaine returns to the pod for his first time watching Lupin III.
Check out the Arsine Lupin novels at Project Gutenberg!
Next Month we are watching Demon City Shinjuku: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/demon-city-shinjuku
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There were two Ecchi (well, one was basically hentai) anime I watched in the spring 2026 season, and each of them had episodes that were shorter than full length, making them not worth doing individual blog posts of. So, instead here are some brief thoughts on each show.
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The Spring 2026 season, while it didn’t have that many shows that quite grabbed me, did have some series with gorgeous animation, and probably one of the best of those was the first season of Witch Hat Atelier.
Read moreThe Final Summer of JoJo comes to its conclusion!
Next month: Lupin III: Part IV – The Italian Adventure.
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This week I’m taking a look at a skateboarding anime from 2021 which probably is worth another look.
You can find where Sk8 The Infinity is currently available for streaming on JustWatch
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It’s the final summer of Jojo, and we’re kicking it off with some hard time with the first half of Stone Ocean, streaming on Netflix.
Next month is the second half!
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While we wait for more JoJo, I review a different anime series with someone who stops time and punches the hell out of people.
The current streaming status of May I Ask For One Final Thing is on JustWatch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/saigo-ni-hitotsu-dake-onegai-shitemo-yoroshi-desho-ka
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I watch the ending and give final thoughts.
“Land of Eikons/Away (Overture)”
Scored by Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu
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Not a lot of the heavier fanservice shows tend to get second seasons. Chained Soldier is a bit of an exception, with its combination of action and fanservice, rather than putting its focus on the fanservice itself. This makes for an interesting position for the show’s second season.
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The second season of Oshi No Ko got into what the progress of creating a 2.5D play is, Aqua feeling like he could move on from his revenge plan, and Ruby started a revenge plan of her own after finding Sensei (Aqua’s old body) dead body hidden in a cave. In Season 3, we get to see how Ruby goes hunting for the man behind Sensei and Ai’s murders, and ultimately, Aqua returns to the road to revenge.
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Trigun Stampede served as a bit of a reboot. It worked to take some elements of the main story and the flashbacks telling the backstory of Vash and Knives (and what happened to Julai) and combine them into a new timeline. Trigun Stargaze picks up where the first season left off, and takes us to our final confrontation with Millions Knives leading up to the arrival of the rescue fleet.
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Fate/Strange Fake is the latest side story in the Fate franchise, adapted from a series of novels from Ryogo Narita, the creator of Baccano. Is it a good jumping on point for newcomers? Not in the slightest. Is it a fun ride? Absolutely.
Read moreThis week, I’m taking a look at a Romantic Drama anime with a nostalgic bent.
You can find where the series is available for streaming through JustWatch: (https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/kowloon-generic-romance)
The manga is available through (Affiliate Links):
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This month, we’re taking a turn for the wacky with the comedy “Pop Team Epic”
Next month, we’re starting the final Summer of JoJo with Stone Ocean, available for streaming on Netflix.
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The first season of Frieren was a series that successfully struck a good balance between humor and melancholy. Season 2 is in the tricky place of having to maintain that balance. Thankfully, it manages to pull it off.
Read moreHere are my picks for the Anime Awards for 2026
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The first season of “Anyway I’m Falling In Love With You” was a series that was trying to balance the protagonists lives in the present (technically 2030) with them attempting to come to terms with their dreams in their past, and how the (unnamed) COVID pandemic was impacting them. The second season instead puts a bit more focus on these characters reconciling in the present day.
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Whether the Phantom Thief? In a world with a massive smart-device and web-connected-camera, LLM Fueled panopticon, what place is there for the “Leaving a note in advance of the (ultimately successful) theft Phantom Thief”? That’s not just me commenting on the current state of the world, that’s what Lupin III Part V is about. Considering this came out in 2018, this makes it feel weirdly prescient.
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Samurai Troopers, or as it was known when it aired on Toonami back in the day – Ronin Warriors, was a show I was aware of, but didn’t get a chance to watch as much of as I would have liked as a kid.
Read moreBeen a while since I actually reviewed an Isekai series – time to look at one of the better animated ones of the past few years.
You can find where the series is available for streaming through JustWatch:
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This month, for White Day, we’re looking at the Shojo fantasy romance series “Yona of the Dawn”
Next month, we’re watching the first season of Pop Team Epic. You can find where that’s available for streaming on JustWatch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/pop-team-epic/season-1
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Steamboy is a film that started with monumental expectations. It was Katsuhiro Otomo’s first non-anthology film since Akira. It was his first project that basically didn’t begin its life as a manga. It took 10 years to make. It was, at the time, the most expensive anime film to make (having begun its life as a planned OVA, with 3 40-minute episodes). It was set up for failure and didn’t disappoint. I’ve finally watched it, and even with greatly tempered expectations, I didn’t go away happy.
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